East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, is adding its first five CNG vehicles for its fleet: four Honda Civic GXs and one three-quarter-ton Chevy truck.

Based on its experience with the new vehicles over the past several
weeks, the Department of Public Works is planning to replace all of its
sedans with CNG vehicles over the next several years as the cars
currently in use wear out.

In addition to the clean air aspect of the vehicles, the city-parish
will also save approximately $0.65 per gallon on fuel costs with the
current high prices of gasoline.

The Clean Cities initiative of the Department of Energy contributed to
the purchase. Baton Rouge is the only city in Louisiana that has been
granted the Clean City designation, whose purpose is to reduce
petroleum use and provide clean air alternatives.